Stormy Dookinella
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Stormy Dookinella

Stormy Dookinella, a tiny seaside village located on Achill Island (Ireland) and clinging on to the edge of Europe. Achill Island Achill Island (/ˈækəl/; Irish: Acaill, Oileán Acla) in County Mayo is the largest…

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The Great Hunger
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The Great Hunger

The Great Hunger, potato blight, mass starvation, famine, ruins, Ireland, 1845-1852
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The Great Hunger of 1845 to 1852 when potato blight turned Ireland into a land of mass starvation, emigration and abandoned homes and fields. To this day, the Irish landscape is pitted with famine-era ruins and undulating potato fields.

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Errew Abbey, Lough Conn
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Errew Abbey, Lough Conn

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Errew Abbey, Lough Conn, was founded in the 7th century by the Augustinians. Legend has it that a sacred relic from the Abbey lay at the bottom of Lough Conn for centuries before it floated to the surface.

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